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You are invited to participate in a National Planning Forum for Plant and Animal Health in Ottawa on December 6-7, 2016. Federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments want to engage stakeholders in the development of a plant and animal health strategy for Canada. This Forum is an opportunity…

Last-ditch efforts to salvage Canada's trade deal with the European Union appear to have collapsed Friday, as International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland walked out of talks with the regional government of Wallonia that's been blocking the deal that was supposed to be signed next week. Freeland…

In anticipation of a possible investigation by the United States into imports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada, the Government of Canada has developed an e-portal. The e-portal will assist companies to apply to be considered for exclusion from any countervailing duties that could…

Please note that as part of the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) ongoing efforts to improve client service, a maintenance window of the production database is scheduled for Sunday, October 23, 2016 from 04:30 to 06:00 AND from 07:00 to 08:30 (EST). The CFIA Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)…

Clients Affected: All clients and service providers who transmit trade data using EDI. For maintenance purposes, all Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) applications will be unavailable on Sunday, October 23, 2016 from 04:30 to 06:00 ET as well as between 07:00 and 08:30 ET. This includes: all…

Clients Affected: All importers and brokers who submit their B3s and AO notification of release queries using the CCS/CADEX system For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on Saturday October 22, 2016 from 05:00 to 05:30 (ET) AND Sunday October 23, 2016 from 05:00 to 05:30…

Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and services providers who use EDI to transmit their data This message is to advise all Trade Chain Partners that there may be a delay with transmitting the broker’s importer DN for brokers that have their own importation accounts affecting the DN’s of…

We’d like to inform you that the Freight Forwarder Implementation webinar that was to take place this afternoon has been re-scheduled to next Wednesday, October 26, 2016 from 1:30-3pm ET. It has come to our attention that Descartes is holding a webinar at the same time today and that some of you may…

1. This notice provides information for freight forwarders, warehouse operators and terminal operators regarding the deconsolidation notice and the process by which warehouse operators may release goods from the warehouse to the freight forwarder. 2. On June 29th, 2016, the ability to receive the…

The premier of the Belgian region that is the main impediment to a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement on Wednesday advised postponing a summit next week to sign the deal and taking a few more months to fix outstanding issues. Walloon's Paul Magnette spoke as pressure mounted on him to drop…

The WCO has published the 81st edition of WCO News, the Organization’s flagship magazine aimed at the global Customs community. This edition features a special dossier on the 2016 Council Sessions, in particular the latest developments in the core WCO areas of work: tariff and trade affairs, trade…

As part of ongoing efforts to improve client service please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will be performing network maintenance from 06:00 on Saturday, October 22nd to 22:00 on Sunday, October 23rd Consequently, the following services will not be available: Automated…

A) Chapter 01 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS code originating from Australia. NO VERSION CHANGE. 01.04 - Sheep and Goats B) Chapter 03 was published to modify the import conditions for the following HS code. 03.03.53.7887.56 - Sardinella longiceps - TSN 551453 -…

CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) / Accounts Receivable Ledger (ARL) Please be advised that the DN scheduled to be issued on October 20, 2016, is late and will be issued as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this delay and thank you for your understanding.

Clients Affected: All importers, brokers and services providers who use EDI to transmit their data This is a reminder to all importers, brokers and services providers who use EDI to transmit their data that the ARL system upgrade will take effect on October 21st for the Daily Notice (DN) and on…

As part of an ongoing commitment to communicate eManifest information, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is continuing with our regular eManifest Freight Forwarder Implementation Webinars. The next Webinar will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 1:30-3:00pm ET. Agenda items are being…